Stephen Shang

Stephen Shang (1833-16 July 1863) was an Irish-American criminal who was affiliated with the Dead Rabbits gang in the Five Points slum of Manhattan, New York City during the mid-19th century. In 1863, he was killed by the Union Army during the New York draft riots.

Biography
Stephen Shang was born in Ireland in 1833, and he later emigrated to the United States, settling in the Five Points slum of Manhattan, New York City, New York. He became a pickpocket, befriending Johnny Sirocco and Jimmy Spoils and paying tribute to Natives boss William Cutting. In 1862, he befriended Amsterdam Vallon after nearly getting into a fight with him over traded insults, and he became one of his lieutenants when the Dead Rabbits gang was refounded in 1863. Shang took part in the gang's war council with the Natives in July 1863, and, during the New York draft riots, he took part in the fights with both the military and the natives. After witnessing the military gun down Gary McGloin, Shang, fearing that he was next, cried "You bastards!" and charged at them with an axe, attacking them before being shoved to the ground and bayonetted to death by a gang of Union troops.